Thinking the unthinkable: sacred values and taboo cognitions.

By Philip Tetlock. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2003

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Which of These Things Are Not Like the Others? Comparing the Rational, Emotional, and Moral Aspects of Reputation, Status, Celebrity, and Stigma (2019, background): “Furthermore, the enduring nature of these moral assessments (Chan, 2009; Tetlock, 2003) makes stigma resistant to rational evidence and change.”
The Perceived Objectivity of Ethical Beliefs: Psychological Findings and Implications for Public Policy (2010, background): “Some values are considered to be ‘sacred’ or protected’ (see e.g., Baron and Spranca 1997; Tetlock et al. 2000; Tetlock 2003), in that they are thought to be so important that they should not be compromised.”
Coordinate to cooperate or compete: Abstract goals and joint intentions in social interaction (2016, background): “Finally, these source of moral value may also compete with mundane and non-moral values (Tetlock, 2003).”
“Lean not on your own understanding”: Belief that morality is founded on divine authority and non-utilitarian moral judgments (2013, background): “, see Gert, 2004), strict forms of deontology argue for an absolutist or non-negotiable commitment to rules, or “protected” (Baron & Spranca, 1997) or “sacred” values (Tetlock, 2003), even in the face of beneficial outcomes or utilitarian incentives (e.”
Moral reframing: A technique for effective and persuasive communication across political divides (2019, background): “In fact, research on the concept of “taboo trade-offs” (Tetlock, 2003) finds that even entertaining the possibility of compromising one's moral convictions to achieve strategic ends—such as buying body parts for transplants or hiring another person to serve one's prison sentence—can feel immoral and”
Rethinking ecosystem services to better address and navigate cultural values (2012, background): “The first point is that some kinds of values are regarded as incommensurate because people reject outright the very possibility of tradeoffs—at least initially (‘protected’ or sacred values—Baron and Spranca, 1997; Tetlock, 2003).”
Why sustainable transport policies will fail: EU climate policy in the light of transport taboos (2014, background): “Addressing taboos is not without danger or political risk, however: " when economic necessity collides with cultural identity and moralreligious imperatives, and in the modern world such collisions are common, the resulting dissonance can be excruciating " (Tetlock, 2003: 320).”
Does It Pay to Be Moral? How Indicators of Morality and Competence Enhance Organizational and Work Team Attractiveness (2015, neutral): “Nevertheless, people commonly encounter situations in their social or work life where different considerations or preferences are incompatible, because the successful pursuit of scarce resources conflicts with their personal values (Tetlock, 2003).”
What Dilemma? Moral Evaluation Shapes Factual Belief (2013, neutral): “Others have posited that values can shape factual beliefs (e.g., Baron & Spranca, 1997; Kahan, 2010).”
Liberals and conservatives rely on different sets of moral foundations. (2009, positive): “Study 3: Moral Trade-Offs In Study 3, we adapted Tetlock’s work on sacred values and taboo trade-offs (Tetlock, 2003; Tetlock, Kristel, Elson, Green, & Lerner, 2000) to make moral judgments more personal and visceral than they had been in Studies 1 and 2.”
Gut Feelings: The Intelligence of the Unconscious (2007, background): “Haidt, 2001, 814; see also Nisbett and Wilson, 1977, and Tetlock, 2003.”
Taboos and conflicts in decision making: Sacred values, decision difficulty, and emotions (2008, background): “Moreover, it has been suggested that even the mere contemplation of taboo trade-offs elicits strong negative feelings of distress and disturbance (Tetlock, 2003).”
Religiosity, Political Orientation, and Consequentialist Moral Thinking (2014, background): “In a similar vein, Tetlock (2003) reported that Christian fundamentalists often reject the notion that a ‘‘sacred value’’ (e.g., the inherent value of human life) should ever be discarded 1 Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA 2 Institute of Cognition and…”
Taboo Trade-Offs, Relational Framing, and the Acceptability of Exchanges (2005, background): “Similarly, people often resist the application of MP practices to more complex markets such as giving incentives for adoptions (Landes & Posner, 1978), trading pollution credits (Hahn, 1989), or creating futures markets for terrorist events (Weber & Tetlock, 2003).”
The Costs and Benefits of Calculation and Moral Rules (2010, positive): “Violating these proscriptions—proposing tradeoffs of SVs for money, as in organ markets, pollution credits, and betting on terrorist acts—elicits moral outrage and an outright refusal to consider costs and benefits of such ‘‘taboo tradeoffs’’ (Tetlock, 2002, 2003; Tetlock et al., 2000).”